Selborne College’s Page Fennel could teach a donkey to kick

Selborne College’s scrumhalf, Page Fennel, produced an impressive tactical kicking performance as his side managed to defeat Nico Malan of Humansdorp by 34-17 during the second day of the Graeme College 150th Rugby Festival.

Fennel kept calm throughout the encounter and managed to place pressure on Nico Malan with his kicking from the base.

The scrumhalf also took care of his side’s goal kicking duties and slotted three conversions and a penalty.

The team from East London build up a lead of 22-14 at the break and then shifted a gear in the second half to bag the victory.

Selborne was quick out of the block with right winger, James Bowles, scoring four minutes into the match after flyhalf, Daniel Larkan, opted for a quick tap. Fullback, Amani Somana, also played a huge part in setting of this first try by Bowles with his quick hands.

Somana was on fire in this game, scoring a try just five minutes after providing this beautiful opportunity to his teammate.

Selborne’s hooker, Jordan Luck, received a yellow card which also resulted a penalty try for Nico Malan. Luck saved some face when he returned as he completed a brace of tries.

Nico Malan came within a point after Hannes Kleinhans (flanker) crossed the tryline and flyhalf, Dominic Malgas, slotted the conversion.

Luck got the ball is rolling again and puts another try on the board. And here comes another one, that’s two tries for Luck. What’s luck got to do with it?

Dale College‘s fullback, Oyama Kuse, was a menace on attack as his side secured a narrow 22-20 victory over Pearson. Kuse scored a brace of tries from the back in this closely contested encounter.

At half-time, it was 10-8 in  Dale’s favour. Pearson’s hooker, Andrew Hall, also scored two tries for his side.

HTS Daniël Pienaar‘s Tigers downed Cambridge by 24-7, after leading 12-7 at the break.

The Tigers scored four tries with Rowante Uithaler (centre), Juan van Zyl (hooker), Mihlali January (prop) and Virgil Grootboom (srumhalf) all dotting down.

Union High also bagged a victory as they defeated Mary Waters by 26-7 in the opening match on the second day of the festival.

Union put on the better performance of the day, their outside centre, Uyanda Tele, and their flanker, Naeem Mahomed, each scored a try. Jude Langmead, their inside centre, scored two tries and their fullback, Hlaki Skepe, managed to boot three conversions for the team.

Mary Waters’ flyhalf, Shaneed Peterson, scored all his side’s points as well as spending ten minutes in the bin after receiving a yellow card.

Scorers: 

Selborne College 34 (22) – Tries: Jordan Luck (2), James Bowles, Siya Sakhela, Amani Somana. Conversions: Page Fennel (3). Penalty: Fennel. Nico Malan 17 (14) – Tries: Hannes Kleinhans, Penalty Try. Conversion: Dominic Malgas. Penalty: Malgas.

Dale College 22 (10) – Tries: Oyama Kuse (2), Lindokuhle Xozwa. Conversions: Lindokuhle Ndlela, Kuse. Penalty: Kuse. Pearson 20 (8) – Tries: Andrew Hall (2), Troy Hargreaves. Conversion: Caleb Fasken. Penalty: Fasken.

HTS Daniël Pienaar 24 (12) – Tries: Juan van Zyl, Mihlali January, Virgil Grootboom, Rowante Uithaler. Conversioons: Ikombe January (2). Cambridge 7 (7) – Try: Lisakhanya Magoxo. Conversion: Sive Ngxoweni.

Union High 26 (19) – Tries: Jude Langmead (2), Uyanda Tele, Naeem Mohammed. Conversions: Hlaki Skepe (3). Mary Waters 7 (7) – Try: Shaneed Peterson. Conversion: Peterson.